English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Captivity: The Case of Iranian Prisoners of War in the Iraq-Iran War

Autor/in	Emam, Abbas
Titel	English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Captivity: The Case of Iranian Prisoners of War in the Iraq-Iran War
Quelle	In: Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 5 (2019) 2, S.157-170 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2387-2306
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; War; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Student Motivation; Textbooks; Classroom Environment; Teaching Methods; Test Wiseness; Self Actualization; Iran; Iraq + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Krieg; Jugendstrafvollzug; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schulische Motivation; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Irak
Abstract	During the Persian Gulf War of Iraq-Iran (1980-1988), thousands of Iranians were taken captive by Iraqi troops. These prisoners of war (POWs) had to find ways to enrich and fill their time in prison camps. Learning English was one such activity. This study was carried out to appraise the motivations of the Iranian POWs for learning English, and to understand more about their textbooks, their classroom environment, the teaching methods and techniques employed, the skills emphasized, the teaching aids improvised, the types of exercises mobilized, as well as the test-taking techniques adopted. A relevant corpus of 21 memoirs and 7 interviews with Iranian ex-POWs were analyzed. The research draws upon Maslow's (1970) "self-actualization" and Frankl's (1984) "logotherapy" to shed light on the existential aspect of learning. Findings revealed that for these EFL learners learning English was an attempt to fulfill their potential and/or to make life more meaningful. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Prison Education and Reentry. Jonas Liesvei 91, N5009 Bergen, Norway. Web site: https://jper.uib.no/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01